Race: a conceit. Racism: a scourge.
Stella Katz New York City, NY I’m Hungarian/American, raised working-class in New York City. I believe that race is a conceit (created to justify the...
I am not white; I’m American
Brandon Peplau Grand Rapids, MI I am not white; I am American! I have Chippewa, Syrian, German, and Austrian blood in my veins. The only...
Looking Muslim is NOT a crime…
Talha Baqar San Francisco, CA Being a Pakistani-American, you feel neither here nor there. Here you are a terrorist hell bent on destroying the country,...
I’m not Japanese-American. I’m just Japanese.
Katie Hana Kuyama Northridge, CA I’ve always thought it weird to add “American” to my identity when my ethnicity is indeed Japanese. I’m a second...
I am a proud Mexican American.
Omero Lara Lubbock, CA I am humble. I am privileged. I am determined. I am expected to do great things. I will make a difference.
What am I? Kenyan, or American?
Nichole Coates Siloam Springs, AR I’m American by birth, but spent my entire childhood in Africa.
Anti racist just means anti white.
Reich Krieger Germany Americans: “There are indigenous people that were here first.” Asians: “There are indigenous people that were here first.” Africa: “There are indigenous...
White doesn’t define me, I’m American
RaSean Tisinger, Waleska, GA It always bothers me that we refer to ourselves as African American, Jewish American, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, European, ect. We are...
Being mixed means I am American.
Mattison South Hero, VT For most of my life, society wanted me to choose: White or Black. With President Obama in the White House, finally,...
Lonely white ex-pat sees: Another AMERICAN!!!
E. L. Walsh Martinez, CA I never had a black social friend till I lived in Asia. I was so glad to see her walking...
American Polish Filipina living in Spain
Ali Berlinski Spain “Being a biracial kid can be hard, especially when you have a white name and face that screams I give pedicures.” –...
Father’s vocabulary: N*****, junglebunny, Polack, Ch*nk
I am a white woman married to a Mexican American.
“What are YOU doing here?”
Glenn Dixon Ft. Worth, TX Those were the words that opened my eyes to the state of racism in America. At the time, I was...
White americans assume their cultural exceptionalism.
Rob Walbridge Ivory Coast I am a white American who has lived overseas (in Africa) for 40 years. Married to an African woman for 35...
Being a bi-racial man is daunting.
Ron Brown Palm Desert, CA I have always felt lost on where I fit in with American society.
